Jeff Gorman reports: A law librarian’s free-speech rights weren’t violated when he was fired for blasting his superiors’ alleged “disgusting, degrading, and utterly unprofessional” conduct in an email, a California appeals court ruled. […] Justice McConnell cited the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2006 opinion in Garcetti v. Ceballos, which states: “Restricting speech that owes its existence…
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WI: State Supreme Court hears teacher e-mail case
Adam Wise reports: After more than two years of debate, the fate of an open records request involving Wisconsin Rapids teacher e-mail messages now rests with the state’s highest court. Seven State Supreme Court justices spent more than an hour Tuesday morning questioning an attorney representing the Wisconsin Rapids School District and one representing five…
UK: Potential judges will not have to declare if they are Freemasons
Frances Gibb reports: Would-be judges will no longer have to declare if they are Freemasons, the Government said yesterday. The policy reversal was announced by Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, after a threat of legal action forced a review. He said that it would be “disproportionate” to continue with the practice. The United Grand Lodge…
Teacher Claims Fingerprinting Is ‘Mark of the Beast’
David Kravets reports: A 22-year veteran kindergarten teacher in the Texas Bible Belt could lose her job for refusing, on religious grounds, to give fingerprints under a state law requiring them. The evangelical Christian, Pam McLaurin, is fighting a looming suspension, claiming that fingerprinting amounts to the “Mark of the Beast,” and hence is a…